You receive bids from companies A$,$ B$,$ C$,$ D and E$.$ Contractor B does not meet the requirements of one of your qualification evaluation criteria & Contractor D does not meet the requirements of one of your critical evaluation criteria $.$

$1.$ Please state which evaluation factors they did not meet and what you must now do with these bids $[2]$

Apply the following weights to your three differentiation evaluation factors $$ Bid differentiation evaluation factor $45\%$ Bidder differentiation evaluation factor $35\%$ Bidder differentiation evaluation factor $20\%$

Score the $3$ remaining contractors $($A$,$ C & E$)$ as follows: $$ For bid differentiation evaluation factor $1,$ Contractor A must receive a score of either $1,2$ or $3.$ Contractor C$,$ a score of $7$ & Contractor E a score of either $8,9$ or $10.$ For bidder differentiation evaluation factor $2,$ Contractor A must receive a score of either $4,5$ or $6.$ Contractor C$,$ a score of $10$ & Contractor E a score of either $1,2$ or $3.$ For bidder differentiation evaluation factor $3,$ Contractor A must receive a score of either $5,6$ or $7.$ Contractor C$,$ a score of $2$ & Contractor E a score of either $8,9$ or $10.$

$2.$ Apply a sensitivity analysis on: a$)$ the weights of the differentiation evaluation factors $[8],$ and b$)$ on the scores of the bids $[15]$

$3.$ Use your evaluation of the various bids in accordance with the source selection value model and price to do a trade$-$off analysis and recommend the best bid, please substantiate the reasons for your recommendation $[5].$